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Full-text documents of congressional publications that include the following (use Advanced Search for selective searching):

  • Legislative Histories (1969 - present)
  • Bills & Laws (1987 - present)
  • Committee Prints & Misc. Pubs. (1817 - present)
  • Congressional Record Bound Ed. & Predecessors (1789 - 1999)
  • Congressional Record Daily Ed. (1785 - present)
  • CRS Reports (1916 - present)
  • Hearings (1817 - present)
  • House & Senate Documents (1817 - present)
  • House & Senate Reports (1789 - present)
  • Serial Set (1789 - present), a full-text collection of U.S. Government publications that includes Congressional reports and documents, executive agency and departmental reports ordered to be printed by Congress, the American State Papers, and all maps, illustrations, photos, and lithographs found within the U.S. Serial Set during the time period covered.
  • Serial Set Maps (1789 - 1969)

See the ProQuest Congressional Research Guide for more information.

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Vendor Name ProQuest

Coverage 1789 - present

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Some of the materials in CIS Index are available full-text.  For those items not available online, you can search the library system's online catalog, InfoKat--we will own most of the indexed material in either paper or microform format. If we do not own the item in any format, and you are a UK-affiliate, you may request it through Interlibrary Loan.

Research Guides History, Law, Political Science, Public Administration, U.S. Federal Government Research

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Reaxys is the new workflow solution from Elsevier based on the trusted content from CrossFire Beilstein, Gmelin and the Patent Chemistry Database. Reaxys integrates reaction and substance data search with synthesis planning. It is an intuitive web-application with powerful and flexible search capabilities, including searching by reaction, substance and/or numeric property data. Substance searching includes (sub-)structure, generic and R-group searching, molecular formula, name and many more choices. Results - reactions and measured substance data - are presented in easy-to-read tabular views. Intelligent filter and ranking tools allow you to determine the most relevant data from a comprehensive data source.

Please note:On 4/2/13, Reaxys will launch a new platform; content is being increased to over 16,000 publications that include journal articles, book series, and conference proceedings. All new content includes back files and will be searchable back to the year 1823. Learn more.

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Vendor Name Elsevier

Coverage 1823 - present

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Research Guides Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chemistry,

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Includes references to U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses, with detailed abstracts. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Many of the publications also provide the full-text of the first 24 pages. Most of the dissertations entered since 1997 are full-text.

PLEASE NOTE:

Use Proquest Databases and Theses for abstracts and some 750,000 full-text dissertations, including University of Kentucky publications.

Search for current University of Kentucky items in InfoKat, the library system's online catalog.

You may also want to search for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) through the University of Kentucky Electronic Theses and Dissertations site and/or the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Find ETDs page. Additional European materials, including full-text, can be found in DART-Europe E-theses Portal (DEEP).

For more information, see the ProQuest Dissertation & Theses Research Guide.

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Vendor Name ProQuest

Coverage 1861 - present; abstracts since 1980; theses abstracts since 1988

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Special Usage Notes

pdf image Page Image - PDF for direct access to full-text.

You can also purchase copies through the database if full-text PDFs are not available for download, but most items can be borrowed from other institutions (see below). University of Kentucky dissertations and theses are available in paper in the libraries' collections; search for them in InfoKat, the libraries' online catalog. These listings are more current than those in Proquest. A few dissertations and theses from other institutions are also available in paper or microform in the libraries' collections and can be found in InfoKat.

You can request items through Interlibrary Loan if you are affiliated with the University of Kentucky. Nearly all master's theses are available for loan, as well as many dissertations. To make an Interlibrary Loan request, you will need to have established an ILLiad account. You can find many of the publications from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses in WorldCat and make your request through that database. Medical Center Library Users Please Note: please use the Medical Center Library's ILLiad service for your Interlibrary Loan requests.

Research Guides Reference Sources,

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Indexing and abstracting access to over 900 educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full-text.

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Vendor Name ProQuest

Coverage 1991 - present

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Research Guides Education / Kinesiology / Health Promotion,

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Description:

Reaxys is the new workflow solution from Elsevier based on the trusted content from CrossFire Beilstein, Gmelin and the Patent Chemistry Database. Reaxys integrates reaction and substance data search with synthesis planning. It is an intuitive web-application with powerful and flexible search capabilities, including searching by reaction, substance and/or numeric property data. Substance searching includes (sub-)structure, generic and R-group searching, molecular formula, name and many more choices. Results - reactions and measured substance data - are presented in easy-to-read tabular views. Intelligent filter and ranking tools allow you to determine the most relevant data from a comprehensive data source.

Please note:On 4/2/13, Reaxys will launch a new platform; content is being increased to over 16,000 publications that include journal articles, book series, and conference proceedings. All new content includes back files and will be searchable back to the year 1823. Learn more.

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Vendor Name Elsevier

Coverage 1823 - present

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Research Guides Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chemistry,

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Description:

British parliamentary documents, including Command Papers.  All areas of social, political, economic and foreign policy. Searchable full-text, with detailed subject indexing.

For more information, see the ProQuest House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Research Guide.

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Vendor Name Chadwyck-Healey

Coverage 1801 - current

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Research Guides British History, History, International Resources,

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Description:

Indexes coverage of issues in the public debate through highly selective coverage of a wide variety of sources, including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material and more. The database includes a historical perspective on many of the 20th century's social and public policies such as Prohibition, the civil rights movement, McCarthyism, Vietnam and Watergate. Subject coverage:

  • Economic conditions
  • Education
  • Energy resources and policy
  • Government
  • Health conditions
  • Human rights
  • International Relations
  • Labor conditions and policy
  • Politics
  • Social conditions, Civil rights movement
  • Communism, socialism, nationalism
  • Great Depression
  • Religion and public schools
  • Space exploration
  • United Nations and League of Nations
  • Vietnam conflict
  • Watergate
  • Women's movement
  • World Wars I and II

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Vendor Name ProQuest

Coverage 1972 - current

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Research Guides History, Political Science, Public Administration,

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Description:

British parliamentary documents, including Command Papers.  All areas of social, political, economic and foreign policy. Searchable full-text, with detailed subject indexing.

For more information, see the ProQuest House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Research Guide.

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Vendor Name Chadwyck-Healey

Coverage 1801 - current

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Research Guides British History, History, International Resources,

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Description:

Full text of primary texts in philosophy, religion, literature.

New sets-- Wittgenstein's Gesamtbriefwechsel/Complete Correspondence: Wittgenstein's collected correspondence, edited under the auspices of the Brenner Archives Research Institute (University of Innsbruck) by Monika Seekircher, Brian McGuinness and Anton Unterkircher.-- Wittgenstein's Texts and Contexts: The first 25 issues of the Schriftenreihe (publications series) from the Wittgenstein Gesellschaft of Austria, most of which are in English. The series includes 2 issues with original texts from Wittgenstein: his Wörterbuch für Volkschulen (1926 - SWG Band 1), one of only two extended texts published in his lifetime; and the Familienbriefe (SWG Band 23), containing the correspondence of Wittgenstein with his family.

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Reference Resources:

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Vendor Name InteLex Past Masters

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Research Guides English Literature & Language, Philosophy & Religion,

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Description:

Reaxys is the new workflow solution from Elsevier based on the trusted content from CrossFire Beilstein, Gmelin and the Patent Chemistry Database. Reaxys integrates reaction and substance data search with synthesis planning. It is an intuitive web-application with powerful and flexible search capabilities, including searching by reaction, substance and/or numeric property data. Substance searching includes (sub-)structure, generic and R-group searching, molecular formula, name and many more choices. Results - reactions and measured substance data - are presented in easy-to-read tabular views. Intelligent filter and ranking tools allow you to determine the most relevant data from a comprehensive data source.

Please note:On 4/2/13, Reaxys will launch a new platform; content is being increased to over 16,000 publications that include journal articles, book series, and conference proceedings. All new content includes back files and will be searchable back to the year 1823. Learn more.

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Vendor Name Elsevier

Coverage 1823 - present

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Research Guides Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chemistry,

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Description:

Includes searching for patents and trademarks, including Full-text and  Full-Page Image Patent Databases.

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Vendor Name U.S. Patent Office

Coverage (fulltext: 1976 - ; full-page images: 1790 - ; patent applications: 3/15/2001 -

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Research Guides Business, Engineering, Equine Science, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Mining Engineering, Patent and Trademark Information,

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Description:

Provides access to published Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) international applications and to the latest bibliographic data and documents contained in the files of PCT international applications. Due to changes in the PCT Regulations and to the availability of documents in electronic form, the information available is different depending on the date of filing of the international application. Also includes an informative FAQ.

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Vendor Name World Intellectual Property Organization

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Research Guides International Resources, Patent and Trademark Information,

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Description:

Contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439. Provides images and print versions of all pages.

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Vendor Name Religion and Technology Center, Inc.

Coverage through 1439

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Research Guides Classical Studies,

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Contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439. Provides images and print versions of all pages.

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Vendor Name Religion and Technology Center, Inc.

Coverage through 1439

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Research Guides Classical Studies,

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Contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439. Provides images and print versions of all pages.

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Vendor Name Religion and Technology Center, Inc.

Coverage through 1439

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Research Guides Classical Studies,

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Contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations) relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439. Provides images and print versions of all pages.

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Vendor Name Religion and Technology Center, Inc.

Coverage through 1439

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Research Guides Classical Studies,

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Electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. Presents the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. Provides full display of diacritics and Greek keyword searching. Also includes a cross-searchable facility allowing users to find entries on search terms and texts that are included in both Patrologia Latina and Acta Sanctorum in one search. Requires the use of browsers Netscape 6.0 or higher, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.

For more information, see the ProQuest Patrologia Latina Research Guide.

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Vendor Name Chadwyck-Healey / ProQuest

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Research Guides History, Medieval Studies,

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Description:

Free, web-based database of evidence relevant to physiotherapy. PEDro contains citations of over 18,000 randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines relevant to physiotherapy. Where possible, abstracts and links to full-text versions of the documents are also provided.

The randomized controlled trials on PEDro are rated for quality to help you quickly discriminate between trials which are likely to be valid and interpretable and those which are not. These ratings help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials to inform clinical decision making.

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Vendor Name Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (CEBP)

Coverage 1929 - present

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Research Guides Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM),

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Description:

Free, web-based database of evidence relevant to physiotherapy. PEDro contains citations of over 18,000 randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines relevant to physiotherapy. Where possible, abstracts and links to full-text versions of the documents are also provided.

The randomized controlled trials on PEDro are rated for quality to help you quickly discriminate between trials which are likely to be valid and interpretable and those which are not. These ratings help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials to inform clinical decision making.

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Vendor Name Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (CEBP)

Coverage 1929 - present

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Research Guides Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM),

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Description:

Over 700 journal backfiles. Full-text from the first volume to 2000. Completely full-text. Includes journals in foreign languages.Subject areas:

  • Agriculture
  • Ancient civilizations
  • Anthropology/Ethnology
  • Applied arts
  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Area studies – Africa
  • Area studies – Asia
  • Area studies – Australasia
  • Area studies – Europe
  • Area studies - Middle East
  • Black studies
  • Business/Management
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Fine arts
  • Folklore
  • Geography
  • History (General)
  • History (The Americas)
  • Humanities (General)
  • Jewish studies
  • Law
  • Library/Information science
  • Linguistics/Philology
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Performing arts
  • Philosophy
  • Political science
  • Psychology
  • Public administration
  • Religion/Theology
  • Social affairs
  • Social sciences (General)
  • Sociology
  • Women's studies

For more information, see the ProQuest PAO Research Guide.

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Vendor Name ProQuest

Coverage 1802 - 2000

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Research Guides History,

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Description:

Contains both primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient Greece and Rome. Includes Greek and Latin literature in original and in translation, art and architecture images from museum collections, and digitized reference books.

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Vendor Name Tufts University

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Research Guides Classical Studies,

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Description:

Indexes books and journals of philosophy and related fields, covering the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. Limited to four concurrent users.

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Vendor Name OvidSP

Coverage 1940 - present

Update Frquency quarterly

Special Usage Notes

For electronic access to articles and book chapters, use UK Full-Text Options (more information). To see if we own a paper copy of the journal, magazine or book, search the title via our online catalog, InfoKat; use the InfoKat link on the Get Text UK menu to have the item searched automatically by its ISSN or ISBN. If we do not own the item in any format, and you are a UK-affiliate, you may request the item through ILLiad; use the Get Text UK menu and have the requested item's bibliographic information automatically entered into the ILLiad form.

Research Guides Philosophy & Religion,

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Description:

Combined searching for encyclopedias in Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).  Cross-search these major encyclopedias:  Contemporary American Religion (2v, 1999); Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd Ed. (22v, 2007); Encyclopedia of American Religions (7th Ed., 2003); Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (2v, 2004); Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd Ed. (10v, 2006); Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed. (15v, 2005); New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd Ed. (15v, 2003); New Catholic Encyclopedia Jubilee Volume (2nd Ed., 2000).

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Vendor Name Thomson Gale

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Research Guides Philosophy & Religion,

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Description:

Bibliographic "topic guides" to selected resources in Philosophy. Provides an introduction to the specialized literature on major and minor topics within Philosophy.

Selected scholars have produced a resource guide to what they consider the most important and significant sources in Islamic Studies. The guide feature a selective list of bibliographic citations supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult. Each topic guide has an editorial commentary to show how the cited sources are interrelated. The citations link to the sources in the UK Libraries' Get Text resource, to Google book summaries, and to WorldCat.org. All articles receive multiple peer reviews and editorial board vetting. Articles are regularly updated by their authors. In addition to updated articles, new topic guides are added on a regular schedule to expand the scope and extent of this bibliography.

Part of Oxford Bibliographies Online, which also includes a subject module covering Islamic Studies. Both Islamic Studies and Philosophy can be searched simultaneously at Oxford Bibliographies Online.

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Vendor Name Oxford University Press

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Research Guides Philosophy & Religion,

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Description:

Free, web-based database of evidence relevant to physiotherapy. PEDro contains citations of over 18,000 randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines relevant to physiotherapy. Where possible, abstracts and links to full-text versions of the documents are also provided.

The randomized controlled trials on PEDro are rated for quality to help you quickly discriminate between trials which are likely to be valid and interpretable and those which are not. These ratings help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials to inform clinical decision making.

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Vendor Name Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (CEBP)

Coverage 1929 - present

Update Frquency Monthly

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Research Guides Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM),

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Description:

Free, web-based database of evidence relevant to physiotherapy. PEDro contains citations of over 18,000 randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines relevant to physiotherapy. Where possible, abstracts and links to full-text versions of the documents are also provided.

The randomized controlled trials on PEDro are rated for quality to help you quickly discriminate between trials which are likely to be valid and interpretable and those which are not. These ratings help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials to inform clinical decision making.

Access Information Free resource - available to everyone on the Internet

Vendor Name Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (CEBP)

Coverage 1929 - present

Update Frquency Monthly

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Research Guides Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM),

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Description:

Cooperative resource for the applied plant sciences. Includes searchable database comprised of web-based resource pages from the network's partner universities, companies, and associations. In addition, the network's four peer-reviewed journals, Applied Turfgrass Science, Crop Management, Forage and Grazinglands, and Plant Health Progress, are available full-text.

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Vendor Name Plant Management Network (PNM)

Coverage Varies by journal title (2000 - present)

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Research Guides Agriculture, Animal and Food Science, Biology, Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Plant and Soil Sciences, Plant Pathology,

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Description:

Database containing citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science, focusing on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques and environmental biology. Over 250 primary research journals are scanned. Online equivalent of Current Advances in Plant Science.

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Vendor Name ProQuest

Coverage 1994 - present (abstracts 1996 - present)

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Research Guides Agriculture, Biology, Forestry, Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Plant and Soil Sciences, Plant Pathology,

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Description:

Indexes information on scientific research and government policies regarding pollution issues. Subject coverage:

  • Air pollution
  • Marine pollution
  • Freshwater pollution
  • Sewage and wastewater treatment
  • Waste management
  • Land pollution
  • Toxicology and health
  • Noise
  • Radiation
  • Environmental action

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Vendor Name ProQuest

Coverage 1981 - present

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Research Guides Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Toxicology,

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Description:

Full-text documents of congressional publications that include the following (use Advanced Search for selective searching):

  • Legislative Histories (1969 - present)
  • Bills & Laws (1987 - present)
  • Committee Prints & Misc. Pubs. (1817 - present)
  • Congressional Record Bound Ed. & Predecessors (1789 - 1999)
  • Congressional Record Daily Ed. (1785 - present)
  • CRS Reports (1916 - present)
  • Hearings (1817 - present)
  • House & Senate Documents (1817 - present)
  • House & Senate Reports (1789 - present)
  • Serial Set (1789 - present), a full-text collection of U.S. Government publications that includes Congressional reports and documents, executive agency and departmental reports ordered to be printed by Congress, the American State Papers, and all maps, illustrations, photos, and lithographs found within the U.S. Serial Set during the time period covered.
  • Serial Set Maps (1789 - 1969)

See the ProQuest Congressional Research Guide for more information.

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Vendor Name ProQuest

Coverage 1789 - present

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Special Usage Notes

Some of the materials in CIS Index are available full-text.  For those items not available online, you can search the library system's online catalog, InfoKat--we will own most of the indexed material in either paper or microform format. If we do not own the item in any format, and you are a UK-affiliate, you may request it through Interlibrary Loan.

Research Guides History, Law, Political Science, Public Administration, U.S. Federal Government Research,

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Description:

Includes references to U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses, with detailed abstracts. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Many of the publications also provide the full-text of the first 24 pages. Most of the dissertations entered since 1997 are full-text.

PLEASE NOTE:

Use Proquest Databases and Theses for abstracts and some 750,000 full-text dissertations, including University of Kentucky publications.

Search for current University of Kentucky items in InfoKat, the library system's online catalog.

You may also want to search for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) through the University of Kentucky Electronic Theses and Dissertations site and/or the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Find ETDs page. Additional European materials, including full-text, can be found in DART-Europe E-theses Portal (DEEP).

For more information, see the ProQuest Dissertation & Theses Research Guide.

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Vendor Name ProQuest

Coverage 1861 - present; abstracts since 1980; theses abstracts since 1988

Update Frquency monthly

Special Usage Notes

pdf image Page Image - PDF for direct access to full-text.

You can also purchase copies through the database if full-text PDFs are not available for download, but most items can be borrowed from other institutions (see below). University of Kentucky dissertations and theses are available in paper in the libraries' collections; search for them in InfoKat, the libraries' online catalog. These listings are more current than those in Proquest. A few dissertations and theses from other institutions are also available in paper or microform in the libraries' collections and can be found in InfoKat.

You can request items through Interlibrary Loan if you are affiliated with the University of Kentucky. Nearly all master's theses are available for loan, as well as many dissertations. To make an Interlibrary Loan request, you will need to have established an ILLiad account. You can find many of the publications from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses in WorldCat and make your request through that database. Medical Center Library Users Please Note: please use the Medical Center Library's ILLiad service for your Interlibrary Loan requests.

Research Guides Reference Sources,

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Description:

Indexing and abstracting access to over 900 educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full-text.

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Vendor Name ProQuest

Coverage 1991 - present

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Research Guides Education / Kinesiology / Health Promotion,

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Description:

Combined search of the following ProQuest databases:

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Vendor Name ProQuest

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Research Guides Newspapers,

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Description:

Online portal featuring DSM-IV-TR and The American Journal of Psychiatry as the cornerstones of a collection of resources for patient diagnosis, treatment, research, professional development, and lifelong learning.

Resources include

  • DSM-IV-TR
  • DSM-IV-TR Handbook of Differential Diagnosis
  • DSM-IV-TR Casebook and its Treatment Companion
  • American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines in both comprehensive and quick-reference formats
  • The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry, with an interactive Self-Assessment
  • American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, Academic Psychiatry, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Psychosomatics, and Psychiatric News

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Log in with your PsychiatryOnline.com username and password. If your access is via your institution, use your My PsychiatryOnline account to sign in. To create an account or subscribe, go to www.PsychiatryOnline.com from a desktop or laptop computer.

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Vendor Name American Psychiatry Publishing, Inc.

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Research Guides Psychiatry,

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Description:

Searchable access to approximately 575 full-text publications, including 550 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full-text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all additional journals in the collection. Part of the KY Virtual Library database collection.

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You will need to use your UK linkblue email to receive the code required for this app.

Click the EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Applications link at the bottom of the page and enter an email address which you can access from your device. An email with an authentication key will be sent to you.

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Vendor Name EBSCOhost

Coverage 1965 - present

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Some of your search results will provide links to the full-text of the article cited (html and/or pdf). For citations that do not provide direct links, use UK Full-Text Options (more information). To see if we own a paper copy of the item, search the title via our online catalog, InfoKat; use the InfoKat link on the Get Text UK menu to have the item searched automatically by its ISSN. If we do not own the item in any format, and you are a UK-affiliate, you may request the item through ILLiad; use the Get Text @ UK menu and have the requested item's bibliographic information automatically entered into the ILLiad form.


Mac users please note: If you have trouble reading full-text PDFs, you can install a plug-in that will allow you to read the full-text. This resource, however, does NOT support Safari. The plug-in does work with FireFox, however.

Instructions for Installing the Schubert PDF Browser Plug-in on a Macintosh Computer:
1. Direct your web browser to <http://www.schubert-it.com/>.
2. Click on the Downloads Link at the top of the page.
3. Choose the appropriate PDF Browser Plug-in.
4. Install the plug-in in the Library/Internet Plug-ins Folder.
5. Restart your browser.

Research Guides Child Development, Education / Kinesiology / Health Promotion, Psychiatry, Psychology, Rehabilitation Counseling, Rehabilitation Science, Social Work,

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From the American Psychological Association. Contains over two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines. Journal coverage includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in over 24 languages. It also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. Part of the KY Virtual Library database collection.

Also available via OvidSP.

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Click the EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Applications link at the bottom of the page and enter an email address which you can access from your device. An email with an authentication key will be sent to you.

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Vendor Name EBSCOhost

Coverage 1840 - present

Update Frquency weekly

Special Usage Notes

Some of your search results will provide links to the full-text of the article cited (html and/or pdf). For citations that do not provide direct links, use UK Full-Text Options (more information). To see if we own a paper copy of the item, search the title via our online catalog, InfoKat; use the InfoKat link on the Get Text UK menu to have the item searched automatically by its ISSN. If we do not own the item in any format, and you are a UK-affiliate, you may request the item through ILLiad; use the Get Text @ UK menu and have the requested item's bibliographic information automatically entered into the ILLiad form.


Mac users please note: If you have trouble reading full-text PDFs, you can install a plug-in that will allow you to read the full-text. This resource, however, does NOT support Safari. The plug-in does work with FireFox, however.

Instructions for Installing the Schubert PDF Browser Plug-in on a Macintosh Computer:
1. Direct your web browser to <http://www.schubert-it.com/>.
2. Click on the Downloads Link at the top of the page.
3. Choose the appropriate PDF Browser Plug-in.
4. Install the plug-in in the Library/Internet Plug-ins Folder.
5. Restart your browser.

Research Guides Education / Kinesiology / Health Promotion, Gerontology, Psychiatry, Psychology,

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Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, and books, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 1,900 periodicals written in over 35 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987 - present.

Also available through EBSCOhost Web (1840 - ).

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Vendor Name OvidSP

Coverage 1806 - present

Update Frquency weekly

Special Usage Notes

For electronic access to articles and book chapters, use UK Full-Text Options (more information). To see if we own a paper copy of the journal, magazine or book, search the title via our online catalog, InfoKat; use the InfoKat link on the Get Text UK menu to have the item searched automatically by its ISSN or ISBN. If we do not own the item in any format, and you are a UK-affiliate, you may request the item through ILLiad; use the Get Text UK menu and have the requested item's bibliographic information automatically entered into the ILLiad form.

Research Guides Child Development, Communication Disorders, Community and Leadership Development, Dentistry, Education / Kinesiology / Health Promotion, Family and Consumer Sciences, Gerontology, Human Environmental Sciences, Nursing, Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Health, Rehabilitation Counseling, Rehabilitation Science, Social Work,

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This version of MedLine includes citations and abstracts on such topics as microbiology, delivery of health care (medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and preclinical sciences), nutrition, pharmacology, and environmental health. The categories covered in the database include anatomy, organisms, diseases, chemicals and drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology, biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and education, technology, agriculture, food, industry, humanities, information science and communications, and health care. Also includes MEDLINE In-Process & Other Citations, which is comprised of records that have not yet been elevated to completed MEDLINE status. Coverage of over 4,800 journals includes publications from the U.S. and 70 other countries.

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Optimized for iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices.  Includes PICO search capability (Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome), askMEDLINE (free-text, natural language search), MEDLINE/PubMed, and Disease Associations (search case reports). As with the PubMed's desktop version, it includes citations and abstracts on such topics as microbiology, delivery of health care (medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and preclinical sciences), nutrition, pharmacology, and environmental health. This version links users with UK Libraries' journal holdings.

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Vendor Name National Library of Medicine / Entrez (MEDLINE)

Coverage 1950 - present

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If you are off-campus and a UK-affiliate, use this version of PubMed to authenticate through the proxy server for access to full-text journal links; follow these proxy server access instructions.  

For electronic access options, use UK Full-Text Options (more information). To see if we own a paper copy of the item, search the title via our online catalog, InfoKat; use the InfoKat link on the Get Text UK menu to have the item searched automatically by its ISSN. If we do not own the item in any format, and you are a UK-affiliate, you may request the item through ILLiad; use the Get Text UK menu and have the requested item's bibliographic information automatically entered into the ILLiad form.

If you are a non-UK affiliate, use PubMed (NLM).

Research Guides Animal and Food Science, Biology, Cancer, Dentistry, Family and Community Medicine, Gerontology, Human Environmental Sciences, Internal Medicine, Kinesiology / Health Promotion / Education, Nursing, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Health, Toxicology, Veterinary Science,

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Reaxys is the new workflow solution from Elsevier based on the trusted content from CrossFire Beilstein, Gmelin and the Patent Chemistry Database. Reaxys integrates reaction and substance data search with synthesis planning. It is an intuitive web-application with powerful and flexible search capabilities, including searching by reaction, substance and/or numeric property data. Substance searching includes (sub-)structure, generic and R-group searching, molecular formula, name and many more choices. Results - reactions and measured substance data - are presented in easy-to-read tabular views. Intelligent filter and ranking tools allow you to determine the most relevant data from a comprehensive data source.

Please note:On 4/2/13, Reaxys will launch a new platform; content is being increased to over 16,000 publications that include journal articles, book series, and conference proceedings. All new content includes back files and will be searchable back to the year 1823. Learn more.

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Vendor Name Elsevier

Coverage 1823 - present

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Research Guides Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chemistry,

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